Wendel Clark

Player

Wendel Clark (Kelvington) –Wendel Clark is being inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame as a Player.

Clark had a very impressive career starting in Junior as a defenseman with the Saskatoon Blades. During his junior career he was on Team Canada’s Gold Medal winning team at the 1985 World Junior Championships. That same year he was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Clark played the majority of his career with the Maple Leafs, but also dressed with 5 other teams. Clark was a member of the Maple Leafs from 1986-94, Nordiques in the 94-95 season, Islanders for part of the 1995-96 season before going back to Toronto until 1998. During the 1998-99 season he was with Tampa Bay and Detroit before finishing his career in the 1999-2000 season with Chicago and Toronto.

During his professional career Clark played 793 games, collected 234 points, recorded 1690 penalty minutes and was the captain of the Maple Leafs. He was also selected to two NHL All-Star games, the first in 1986 and the second in 1999